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A Chef's Life
Persimmon Style
Vivian takes the twins to pick persimmons and learn about the fruit's different varieties.
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A Food Truck and a Pear Tree
A Chef's Life is a new half-hour character-driven documentary and cooking series that takes viewers inside the life of Chef Vivian Howard, who, with her husband Ben Knight, left the big city to open a fine dining restaurant in small-town Eastern North Carolina.
A Food Truck and a Pear Tree
Season 5 Episode 4 | 24m 33s | CC
Vivian, her parents, and Flo pluck pears from a tree that’s been in the family for 100 years. The arrival of Vivian's cookbook sparks a well of emotions as the reality of wheeling a food truck around the country sets in. In order to get a better handle on the truck, Vivian and her crew do a practice run at the farmer's market and serve up Tom Thumb with pear relish.
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